Indoor playgrounds

MrsJuneHawk

Does anyone know of any indoor playgrounds in the South Miami area?  I know about Cool De Sac but that's it.

melly&jimmy

I was going to say - cool de sac.  Other than that -- I don't know of any in South Miami -- Miami Childrens Museum is a nice play for the kids and to stay out of the heat.  

karenlisa714

I like to meet up with a friend at Barnes & Noble and let Zachary run rampant in the children's section. he's happy looking at books, and I get to see a friend. It all works out pretty well.

I would enjoy checking out an indoor playground, but I'm in Broward so not much help there, sorry!

MelanieJH1016

Also, your local Learning Express should have a small play area you can use for free and they usually don't care if you buy anything or not. Ours has a play kitchen and a train table, dollhouse table, and another table full of other toys to play with.

taxbride

There's a small free indoor play area (with mini slides and animals to climb and mini tunnels) at Mall of the Americas.  I think it was installed last year.  I used it a few times last summer. 

Also, this is not a playground, but The Goldcoast Railroad Museum (by Metro Zoo in miami) offers free admission the first Saturday of each month, and they have a whole room set up with tables with traintracks and toy trains (Thomas-style).  It's an air-conditioned room.  We just spent a few hours there today.  They also have other things (old trains, some with a/c, to explore, train rides (that cost a few dollars), a hot-as-heck sandbox)), but you can go for free once a month.  Oh, and they have free ice cream on First Saturdays, too.  It's awesome.

Tania

wrenr

Summer's when I love Gymboree open gym the most, lol. There's a playground inside International Mall, just a couple of things set up in the middle for them to jump on and climb. Barnes and Noble at Sunset Place has a Thomas setup where my daughter loves to play and then look at books. Get Smart has a train table also, although I feel kind of bad going there without buying something since it's a small store. Other than that, I tend to take her to TRU and let her play with all of the sample educational electronic toys cause she loves pressing buttons. We go whenever I need diapers or whatever and I just let her walk around a while first. So far we can get out without me having to buy her a toy but I know that will soon change, then no more trips to TRU.

britishbride05

karenlisa714:

I like to meet up with a friend at Barnes & Noble and let Zachary run rampant in the children's section. he's happy looking at books, and I get to see a friend. It all works out pretty well.

I would enjoy checking out an indoor playground, but I'm in Broward so not much help there, sorry!

i worked at Barnes and Noble for 3 years and must comment on this...

1-  I would NEVER let a child runa round by themselves in a BN.  Honestly, we had monthly meetings about this, and it is pretty nationwide, soooo many pedophiles camp out in the kid's section.  We actually had a list of convicted sex offenders (acts on kids under 13) who would come into bn on a constant basis.  We couldn't kick them out, but they would leer at children, and it was terrible.  This is pretty common in ALL barnes and nobles.  so, just becareful

 2- just because of resentment towards parents who did that.... a bookstore is NOT an indoor playground :-D  hope you picked up after him, at least!!

(yes, sorry if that sounded bitchy, but seriously, 3 years of picking up after kids in a store, throwing away damaged books, and staying until 2 am organizing the kids section SUCKED.)

MrsJuneHawk

Thanks guys!